With all the talk of hate groups in the news recently with the slayings in Florida and Oklahoma, I took the latest Southern Poverty Law Center map of the number of hate groups by state and ran the numbers as a percentage of 2010 populations per state and came up with a 'Hate Index' to tie the number of groups with a state's population - and thereby providing something of an objective measure of where hate groups tend to reside in this country.
Results below the fold.....
Here are the groupings.
STATE - 2010 POP (in thousands) - NUMBER of HATE GROUPS - (HATE GROUPS/POPULATION * 1000)
ALPHABETICALLY:
Alabama 4,780 32 6.694930431
Alaska 710 1 1.407992611
Arizona 6,392 17 2.659567395
Arkansas 2,916 26 8.916574472
California 37,254 84 2.254794095
Colorado 5,029 15 2.982584095
Connecticut 3,574 5 1.398954757
Delaware 898 5 5.568337985
Florida 18,801 55 2.925328076
Georgia 9,688 65 6.709571451
Hawaii 1,360 0 0
Idaho 1,568 18 11.4826529
Illinois 12,831 28 2.182277537
Indiana 6,484 20 3.084609925
Iowa 3,046 4 1.313044606
Kansas 2,853 3 1.051481222
Kentucky 4,339 15 3.45672537
Louisiana 4,533 27 5.955831553
Maine 1,328 6 4.516844442
Maryland 5,774 18 3.117664827
Mass 6,548 10 1.527270406
Michigan 9,884 26 2.630609775
Minnesota 5,304 12 2.262475431
Mississippi 2,967 41 13.81728893
Missouri 5,989 26 4.341345286
Montana 989 10 10.10698241
Nebraska 1,826 7 3.832800118
Nevada 2,701 12 4.443537634
N Hamp. 1,316 4 3.038428525
N Jersey 8,792 47 5.345833332
New Mex. 2,059 4 1.942521753
New York 19,378 37 1.909371723
North Car. 9,535 34 3.565629554
North Dak. 673 3 4.460362984
Ohio 11,537 32 2.773803918
Oklahoma 3,751 13 3.465418192
Oregon 3,831 15 3.915351152
Penn 12,702 34 2.676663954
Rhode Is. 1,053 1 0.950058286
South Car. 4,625 27 5.83737842
South Dak. 814 3 3.684688889
Tennessee 6,346 39 6.145501847
Texas 25,146 45 1.789580276
Utah 2,764 4 1.447238217
Vermont 626 1 1.598105286
Virginia 8,001 34 4.24945607
Wash. 6,725 16 2.379344907
West Va. 1,853 15 8.095007323
Wisconsin 5,687 8 1.406720537
HIGHEST to LOWEST:
Mississippi 13.81728893
Idaho 11.4826529
Montana 10.10698241
Arkansas 8.916574472
West Va 8.095007323
Georgia 6.709571451
Alabama 6.694930431
Tennessee 6.145501847
Louisiana 5.955831553
South Ca. 5.83737842
Delaware 5.568337985
New Jer. 5.345833332
Maine 4.516844442
North D. 4.460362984
Nevada 4.443537634
Missouri 4.341345286
Virginia 4.24945607
Oregon 3.915351152
Nebraska 3.832800118
South D. 3.684688889
North Car. 3.565629554
Oklahoma 3.465418192
Kentucky 3.45672537
Maryland 3.117664827
Indiana 3.084609925
New Ham. 3.038428525
Colorado 2.982584095
Florida 2.925328076
Ohio 2.773803918
Penn. 2.676663954
Arizona 2.659567395
Michigan 2.630609775
Wash 2.379344907
Minnesota 2.262475431
California 2.254794095
Illinois 2.182277537
New Mex. 1.942521753
New York 1.909371723
Texas 1.789580276
Vermont 1.598105286
Mass. 1.527270406
Utah 1.447238217
Alaska 1.407992611
Wisconsin 1.406720537
Conn. 1.398954757
Iowa 1.313044606
Kansas 1.051481222
Rhode Isl. 0.950058286
Hawaii 0